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title: הָדַר — swell · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הָדַר (1921), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: swell. BDB 1906: vb. swell honour, adorn. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הָדַר

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«הָדַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **swell** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 1921 · **BDB:** הָדַר

### Glosses

you.will.honor (2); \[is\].honored (1); claim.honor (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

swell [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1921/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. swell honour, adorn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1921/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. swell (?), honour, adorn, (NH הִדֵּר adorn; Aramaic הַדַּר ܗܰܕܰܪ Pa. adorn, honour; perhaps all denom.; cf. Palm. n.pr.f. הדירת ornata, honorata VogNo. 55; Arabic هَدَرَ be of no account; but also ferbuit (vinum) \& أَهْدَرُ inflatus, tumens (venter))— Pf. 2 ms. וְהָדַרְתָּ֫ Lv 19:32; Impf. 2 ms. תֶּהְדַּר Ex 23:3 Lv 19:15; Pt. pass. הָדוּר Is 63:1, pl. הֲדוּרִים Is 45:2 (poss. הררים 𝔊 ὄρη, cf. Di, but v. הר):— swell, only pt. pass. pl. Is 45:2 (si vera l.) in neuter sense, of hills, swelling places, swells of land (made level before Cyrus). honour, pay honour to, sq. acc.; in good sense וְהָדַרְתָּ פְּנֵי זָקֵן Lv 19:32 (H) and thou shalt honour the face of an old man (‖ מִפְּנֵי שֵׂיבָה תָּקוּם); in bad sense (of partiality, favouritism) לֹא תֶהְדַּר פְּנֵי גָדוֹל Lv 19:15 (H) (‖ לֹא תִשָּׂא פְנֵי־דָל); cf. וְדַל לֹא תֶּהְדַּר בְּרִיבוֹ Ex 23:3 (JE; either read גָּדֹל for ודל,—ו not needed at beginning of v.,—so Kn SS al., yet 𝔊 πένητα;—or suppose balancing cl., as Lv 19:15, to have fallen out, cf. Di). adorn, only pt. pass. adorned, made splendid הָדוּר בִּלְבוּשׁוֹ Is 63:1. Pf. נֶהְדָּ֑רוּ La 5:12 were (not) honoured, subj. פְּנֵי זְקֵנִים. Impf. juss. 2 ms. תִּתְהַדַּר Pr 25:6 honour oneself, i.e. claim honour.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הָדַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1921/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 23:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.3/)

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וְדָ֕ל לֹ֥א תֶהְדַּ֖ר בְּרִיבֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* and a.poor.\[person\] not you.must.honor in his.case at.law

*JPS 1917:* neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.

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[Lamentations 5:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.5.12/)

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שָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃

*Word for word:* princes by hand their they.have.been.hanged \[the\].face of.elders not they.have.been.honored

*JPS 1917:* Princes are hanged up by their hand; the faces of elders are not honoured.

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